Anyone used Kitset or Proform DIY kitchens

If your only sticking point is the drawer runners and you are time short, just chuck whatever is supplied with the kit and upgrade to Blum Metabox drawers. They are pretty much the top of the line drawer runner, and are available in standard or full extension flavours.

From memory they are about $25-30 per drawer (Bunnies price, you could do better through a proper kitchen supplies place if buying a kitchenload), don't require any fancy box making skills (drawer bottom and drawer back need to be supplied by you, but this is just standard 16mm melamine faced board cut to size with a bit of iron on edging for the top of the back piece).

http://www.blum.com.au

Hettich make something similar - the MultiTech. I haven't used them, but I would expect that they are pretty much comparable.

So if you were ordering a kit, rather than ordering the 450 wide drawer cabinet, you'd just order the 450 wide cupboard (or whatever size you were after) and nip off to the local hardware store to get the bottoms/backs cut if you don't have a circular saw handy.

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

Hettich make something similar - the MultiTech. I haven't used them, but I would expect that they are pretty much comparable.

hay there i thought i would throw my little bit in, Hettich have some nice soft close drawers called the InnoTech Drawer system (http://www.hettich.com.au/295.htm) way better than the MultiTech

Ohhh, they look nice. Might have to investigate them next time I need some drawer runners!

Thanks for that bit of advice, particularly about the price of blum runners as the kitchen people were telling me it would cost an extra $50 per drawer to have the more expensive runners (either one). So maybe I'll go for the standard drawers and if they seem dodgy change them as I go. Overall all the kitchens seem pretty similar - hopefully we are up to the job of putting them together to look as good as the display.

Ive used Proform 4 times. Great product and very reasonable price. They were about 4k less than Kitcraft for the same product. As mentioned go the Metabox drawers, very good.
Attached only 1 kit pic. my files are too big. Green one was about 7K with laminate tops and vinyl doors second was 11k with Essastone tops and vinyl doors.
Last Kit i did was delivered in 2 weeks after 1st payment. Very happy with Proform.
For the drawer runners I used standard and put in soft close dampeners for $2 each. Closes just like the $$$$ ones.
PM me if you want. Ive done a few now. And will send more pics.
Paul

We brought a Kitset kitchen and are very happy with it. The quality of the product is great, however there were a few hiccups along the way. A few wrong sized panels etc. They were always happy, helpful and apologetic and replace them quickly but could be a pain if you are in WA. From what i have heard and seen regarding ikea ,i would stay away and not worth the hassle to get the bench cut etc... I would recommend kitset but the WA thing would worry me if something goes wrong. In saying that we got a free sink and they also gave us soft closing drawers by mistake, which are great!, not that we ever mentioned that to them

Thanks for the advice everyone. We have decided to go for Proform because they are reasonably priced, seem to have a good reputation and we have a specific space between two walls that IKEA furniture cannot fit into easily. I am pretty happy with the advice about the runners and feel confident that our new kitchen will be great. Mind you, we still have to install it which I am sure will not be as much fun as knocking the old one out.
Roberta